AIDS groups protest against FIFA (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on Jun 5, 2010
AP - AIDS awareness groups said Saturday they are protesting against FIFA for not allowing them to distribute health-related information and condoms at World Cup stadiums and fan events in South Africa.Posted in health || No Comments »
Fergie to appear on Oprah show after scandal (AFP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 28, 2010
AFP - Britain's Duchess of York will give her first interview about a cash-for-access scandal when she appears on Oprah Winfrey's US television show next week.
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Long-unseen Kahlo tops Latin America art auction (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 27, 2010
Reuters - A Frida Kahlo portrait of a pre-Hispanic warrior was the top selling work in a sale of Latin American art, which also set five auction records, including one for Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco.Posted in health || No Comments »
Scandal-plagued Fergie attends NYC book fair (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 26, 2010
AP - Speaking to booksellers and librarians Wednesday at a New York trade show where she was promoting her children's books, the Duchess of York referred obliquely to the influence-peddling scandal that has sparked a firestorm of bad press.
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Tina Fey to get top Mark Twain humor prize in DC (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 25, 2010
AP - The woman known for her impression of Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" will win the nation's top humor prize this year from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Paris thieves net Picasso, Matisse in $124 million heist (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 20, 2010
Reuters - Art thieves stole paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani and two other well-known artists from a Paris museum in a heist worth 100 million euros ($124.2 million).Posted in health || No Comments »
Diego Rivera works go under hammer at Latam art sale (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 13, 2010
Reuters - A painting by Mexican artist Diego Rivera that has not been seen in public for more than 50 years and works by some of Latin America's biggest artists will be up sold at auction later this month.Posted in health || No Comments »
Art auctions wrap with Sotheby’s contemporary sale (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 12, 2010
Reuters - The spring art auctions wrapped up a fortnight of robust results on Wednesday as Sotheby's sold an impressive $190 million in post-war and contemporary art. Works by Andy Warhol and Mark Rothko each topped $31 million.Posted in health || No Comments »
Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball team up for HBO film (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 12, 2010
AP - Oprah Winfrey is joining with Alan Ball to produce an HBO film based on the nonfiction best-seller "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."Posted in health || No Comments »
Contemporary art sale in NY sees more big prices (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Entertainment News on May 11, 2010
Reuters - Collectors spent big money at Christie's postwar and contemporary art auction on Tuesday, led by Jasper Johns' pop art painting "Flag" from a collection that had belonged to best-selling author Michael Crichton, which sold for a record $28.64 million.Posted in health || No Comments »